TARA: Teaching and Research Archive for the History of Christianity
Sponsored by the American Society of Church History
Searchable database of women who entered the English convents on continental Europe from the foundation of the first new house in Brussels in 1598 until 1800.
Highlights some of the rare and unique resources that are available as bibliographic citations and finding aids for the history of women religious through the Catholic Resource Research Alliance (CRRA)’s consortial database, the Catholic Portal.
Using historical maps, books, objects, and textiles, Crossings and Dwellings tells the story of European Jesuits and women religious who arrived in America’s borderlands to serve indigenous and immigrant populations.
Syllabus covering world Christianity from 100-1400, including traditions in Asia and Africa. Undergraduate level.
Digital, open-access resource that uses biography to document the 2000 year history of Christianity in Africa; biographical figures include men and women, clergy and lay people, Africans and expatriates from around the world.
This companion website maintained by Lezlie Knox features pictures and maps, as well as useful external links to supplement a study completed with Sean Field of Larry Field’s translation of Margherita Colonna and her two hagiographic legends, Visions of Sainthood in Medieval Rome: The Lives of Margherita Colonna by Giovanni Colonna and Stefania. It is … Read more
Audio autobiography of Barbara Beach Alter, missionary in northern India during the 20th century who preferred to live “in the midst” of people rather than convert them.